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Real Estate Law

Protect Yourself - 5 Steps Tenants Must Take

16th March 2010
Before signing a tenancy agreement, there are some easy steps that all tenants should take to make sure that they are protected financially and personally. 1. Take out your own insurance It is not safe to assume that the landlord's house insurance w...
Author: Tim Bishop
Real Estate Law

Home Information Pack services explained from the point of view of a Conveyancing Solicitor.

18th February 2010
The Home Information Pack is also known as the HIP is undoubtedly a strong move forward by the Government to replicate the system deployed in Denmark. However the Government of the UK has diluted the pack and its worthiness is now questionable. The main c...
Author: Ittaman Pattat
Real Estate Law

EPCs for Landlords – Purpose

06th January 2010
Documentation is available to help landlords with the production of EPCs for their properties in the following ways: • T o assist DEAs (Domestic Energy Assessors)and HIs (Home Inspectors) in the production of EPCs for properties which are of a simila...
Author: crenergy
Real Estate Law

EPCs for Landlords – Background

06th January 2010
One of the important areas of the recent strategies for tackling climate changes is the European Directive on the Energy Performance of Buildings or EPBD. As around 50% of all carbon emissions in the UK actually come from buildings it is vital that the en...
Author: crenergy
Real Estate Law

Commercial (EPC) Energy Performance Certificates

27th March 2009
You will have heard of the residential Energy Performance Certificates or EPCs that were instituted last year as part of the Home Information Pack legislation, but did you know that there is a Commercial Energy Performance Certificate that is currently be...
Author: Paul Davis